Justice Chandrachud is to become the 50th CJI & will assume office on 9 Nov. The outgoing CJI initiates the process of naming the successor after getting a communication from law ministry.
Apart from 4 current, 14 judges' vacancies will arise in SC from this month to September 2024. While sanctioned strength of apex court is 34, its existing working strength is 29.
Speaking at a British High Commission event, the judge said atypical or unconventional families must be able to enjoy all legal and societal benefits that their more traditional counterparts did.
Speaking at a public event, the Judge said that the danger to freedoms may originate from those who are tasked to govern as well as from intolerance of people in society.
Supreme Court had sought suggestions from the News Broadcasters Association on how to control 'communal' content on news channels & strengthen its self-regulatory powers.
Delivering the Justice P.D. Desai Memorial Lecture, Justice Chandrachud says in a democracy welded to reason & deliberation, minority opinions are not strangulated.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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